Neil Tyson's Final Words On His Quote Fabrications: “My bad” — After publishing an embarrassing non-apology on Facebook last week for repeated quote fabrications, planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Facebook again earlier this week to revise and extend his remarks. His full post can be found here.

The Cult of Neil deGrasse Tyson — Neil deGrasse Tyson is a very famous and popular scientist. He even has a TV show. And wears a cool astronomical vest. Only he's not infallible. — Obama's life is at risk — FCC sacks NFL blackout rule — Liberal doves run as war hawks

George W. Bush: I think Jeb wants it! — Former President George W. Bush says he thinks his brother Jeb wants to be in the White House and added that he is pushing his younger sibling to run for president in 2016. — “I think he wants to be president,'” George Bush said on Fox News on Thursday.

Why Boehner is wooing Jeb Bush — It's been a yearlong courtship, but no one quite knows if it will pay off. — For the past year, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has been wooing his longtime friend Jeb Bush to jump into the 2016 presidential race, even as he has shunned potential Tea Party rivals …

The Cult of Neil deGrasse Tyson — Tyson could have said of the Bush quote, “You know, I might have messed that one up, and will check it out. Thanks for raising it.” Instead, he said he had an “explicit memory” of Bush saying it, and of “making a note for possible later reference in my public discourse.”

Bush on ISIS: America has learned ‘lesson’ about Iraq — Former President George W. Bush, who before leaving office warned against withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq too early, told Fox News that America has since learned the “lesson” that Iraqis are not yet capable of providing for their own security.

Were YOU on the same flight as America's first Ebola victim?: United Airlines releases flight numbers for the planes Thomas Duncan caught from Liberia to Dallas — United Airlines revealed flight numbers for two out of three planes Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan reportedly traveled on during his trip to the US

Republican Chances of Senate Takeover Are Improving — But Kansas race complicates matters — The race for the Senate is perceptively moving in the Republicans' direction, but not so dramatically that we're ready to call the race definitively for them. — While we've long said the 2014 map …

Special Report: The Obama Paradox — BEYOND THE WHITE HOUSE BUBBLE — Obama's plans for a late night in Rome were shrouded in secrecy. — While American and Italian reporters chronicled his audience with Pope Francis and his tour of the Colosseum that day in late March …

What's Eating Nate Silver? — Nate Silver acknowledged that he was doing something a little unusual in a Sept. 17 blog post when he called out fellow forecaster Sam Wang of Princeton University. But it also appears to have been the culmination of a long-simmering — if largely under-the-radar — feud.

Two Speeches and a Tragedy — In his first year in office, President Obama gave two speeches—one in Cairo, the other in Oslo—that bear directly on the crisis in the Middle East today. The Cairo speech, in June, 2009, offered a message of peace and coöperation between America, the West, and the Muslim world.